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John Mussington speaks at an exchange between Rio leaders and global CLT and land practitioners in Raízes do Brasil. Photo: Barbara Dias

‘We Belong to the Land’: An Interview With John Mussington on the Urgency of Learning from Barbuda’s Communal Land System [VIDEO]

By Marj Osagie • May 27, 2026

In April 2026, Barbudan environmentalist, community leader and activist John Mussington visited Rio de Janeiro for the 2026 Global Community Land Trust Peer Exchange organized by Brazil’s Favela Community Land Trust Project,* invited to […]